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.TH "GIT\-FREEZE" "1" "05/07/2025" "depot_tools fab0a429" "Chromium depot_tools Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-freeze \- Freeze all changes on a branch (indexed and unindexed)\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fIgit freeze\fR
.fi
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBgit freeze\fR works a lot like \fBgit stash\fR, in that it stores the current changes in your working copy and index \fIsomewhere\fR\&. Unlike \fBgit stash\fR, \fBgit freeze\fR stores those changes on your current branch\&. This effectively allows you to \fIpause\fR development of a branch, work on something else, and then come back to exactly the same working state later (by running \fBgit thaw\fR)\&.
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\fBgit freeze\fR will make up to 2 commits on your branch\&. A commit with the message \fBFREEZE\&.indexed\fR will contain all changes which you\(cqve added to your index (like with \fIgit add\fR, \fIgit mv\fR, \fIgit rm\fR, etc\&.)\&. A commit with the message \fBFREEZE\&.unindexed\fR will contain all changes which were not in your index at the time you ran git freeze (freshly modified files, new files, etc\&.)\&.
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By default \fBgit freeze\fR will only freeze up to 100MB of untracked files\&. See \fICONFIGURATION VARIABLES\fR for more details\&.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
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.nf
\fB$ git status \-\-short\fR
A  added_file
AM added_file_with_unstaged_changes
D  deleted_file
 M modified_file
 D unstaged_deleted_file
?? unadded_file

\fB$ git freeze\fR

\fB$ git status \-\-short\fR

\fB$ git log \-n 2 \-\-stat\fR
commit aca3fe411dc94cc71007253433658bcc4a15827f
Author: local <local@chromium\&.org>
Date:   Thu Apr 10 08:54:56 2014 +0000

    FREEZE\&.unindexed

 added_file_with_unstaged_changes | 1 +
 modified_file                    | 1 +
 unadded_file                     | 0
 unstaged_deleted_file            | 1 \-
 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(\-)

commit 3e9cd7df0e8f5c7a6c9b47a8637c49c180d22222
Author: local <local@chromium\&.org>
Date:   Thu Apr 10 08:54:56 2014 +0000

    FREEZE\&.indexed

 added_file                       | 1 +
 added_file_with_unstaged_changes | 1 +
 deleted_file                     | 1 \-
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(\-)

\fB$ git thaw\fR

\fB$ git status \-\-short\fR
A  added_file
AM added_file_with_unstaged_changes
D  deleted_file
 M modified_file
 D unstaged_deleted_file
?? unadded_file
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
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.SH "CONFIGURATION VARIABLES"
.SS "depot\-tools\&.freeze\-size\-limit"
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This sets the size limit as an integer number of megabytes of untracked files that git\-freeze will be willing to put in suspended animation\&. A 0 or negative limit disables the size\-limit check entirely\&. \fB100\fR by default\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBgit-thaw\fR(1)
.SH "CHROMIUM DEPOT_TOOLS"
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Part of the chromium \fBdepot_tools\fR(7) suite\&. These tools are meant to assist with the development of chromium and related projects\&. Download the tools by checking out the \m[blue]\fBgit repository\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
git repository
.RS 4
\%https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
.RE
